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...This conference can be either a Babel or another Pentecost," said Evangelist Billy Graham. Said General Secretary Willem A. Visser 't Hooft: "We have arrived at one of those decisive moments in the history of the church of Christ...
...delegates, observers, staff members and special guests (plus 275 newsmen) met in a world unused to organized religion. A memorandum prepared by General Secretary Visser 't Hooft and Bishop Lesslie Newbigin of the Church of South India reminded them that the mysterious East was accustomed to a different brand of holy man. "To go to the capital city of India and proclaim that Jesus Christ is the light of the world is a daring action," the memo noted. "It is difficult for most people in India to take seriously a claim to religious insight which is not accompanied...
...Ecumenical Mobilization. Here, in the 1,081-capacity main auditorium, the Council's leaders and delegates-plus a team of five official observers sent by the Vatican-watched what Visser 't Hooft called the "ecumenical mobilization" click along like clockwork. With a simple show of hands at its first day's meeting, the Assembly voted to merge with the International Missionary Council...
...challenge that faced them, said the World Council's General Secretary Willem Visser 't Hooft, was to "make the church relevant to the world of today.'' They set about it with well-oiled organization, split up into 60 international and interdenominational discussion groups, had time left over for sightseeing and miscellaneous frolics; the French contingent startled W.C.C. officials by electing a Swedish sex kitten "Miss Ecumenia.'' In a gesture of harmony, the Roman Catholic bishop of Geneva and Lausanne sent five observers to the assembly, and a special Mass was celebrated in Lausanne invoking...
Truths for Troubled Times. Church leaders are under close supervision by officials of the Soviet Government's Council for Religious Affairs. "These are full-blooded Marxists, of course," said Visser 't Hooft. "But some of these atheist supervisors have developed a real liking for their job and show a deep interest in church affairs and history. After all, there may be found in England and Sweden and elsewhere government functionaries in charge of church affairs who are agnostics as well...